Dafne Keen and Nick Frost to Star in High School Horror Film WHISTLE From the Director of THE NUN
Corin Hardy, the director of The Nun and Gangs Of London, is set to helm a high school horror film titled Whistle. The cast for the film includes Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (Wednesday), and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz).
In the movie, “a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.”
That sure does sound like a fun horror movie! Those Aztec Death Whistles are crazy! It was only a matter of time before something developed a horror film around it. The movie is based on a short story by Owen Egerton, who also wrote the script.
Corin Hardy said in a statement: “The premise of Whistle is simple, immediate and has a fresh, haunting mythology. A cursed object that summons your future death to come and find you. The screenplay has echoes of some of my favourite classic horrors like The Ring, A Nightmare On Elm Street or It Follows, with elements of seminal high school movies The Breakfast Club and Donnie Darko. I’m thrilled to be working with this brilliant young cast to bring this inventive, terrifying and cinematic new horror to death… I mean life.”
Producer David Gross added: “We couldn’t be happier to be working with Corin Hardy and this incredibly talented cast on Whistle – with his ability to combine strong visual sensibilities with atmosphere and emotion and a propensity for relentless, imaginative set pieces Corin has a proven track record at getting horror just right and we can’t wait to see him bring his unique take to Owen Egerton’s script.”
The film will start shooting the first week of November in Ontario, Canada.